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THE PARACLETE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH!
Having looked very briefly at the Holy Spirit in the Bible, let us now turn specifically to Jesus’ teaching on the Paraclete in John ch. 14-16. The passages in question are 14,16-17; 14,26;…
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT?
THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY Ask any Christian about Jesus Christ, and you will get a full answer. Likewise, if you ask about God the Father! However, ask about the Holy Spirit,…
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THE FATHER IS THE SOURCE!
NOW FOLLOWING ON! In my last blog I sought to show how Jesus’ life of humility, obedience and dependency on the Father could be seen as a paradigm, an example for how we…
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A PARADIGM FOR FAITH AND LIVING!
WHAT IS A PARADIGM? Anyone who has studied a language, has been taught to conjugate verbs, set out for us in columns to be learnt by heart – paradigms, these tables are called.…
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WORSHIPPING GOD IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH!
THE FATHER DESIRES OUR WORSHIP “But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people…
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BEING AND DOING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD!
THE BEGINNING I became a Christian on December 2nd, 1974. I was a first year student at Durham University in the UK. The experience of coming to faith – the realisation that God…
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I BELIEVE IN THE GOOD SHEPHERD!
One of the reasons I love John´s Gospel is for its imagery. Spiritual truth is conveyed through familiar everyday images that are close to us all. Images that denote life, growth, family etc.…
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REFLECTIONS ON JOHN´S GOSPEL
Note 2, 2021 Last year I wrote a number of blogs concentrating on central themes in the letters of Paul. I want now to write blogs on John’s gospel, touching also on the…
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WORRY – A FORM OF IDOLATRY
The Scripture tells us to: Cast all our cares upon him! (1 Peter 5,7) To be in a state of worry is to walk around acknowledging the circumstance causing your worry to be…
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POWER TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE!
Originally posted on April 12th 2020 This is the second post I have written this Easter on living the Christian life, the first being “Walk Before Me and be Thou Perfect” (of 4…
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NOW YOU HAVE SORROW!
Originally posted on April 11th 2020 From John chapter 16 22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take…
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IT IS FINISHED!
Originally posted on April 10th 2020 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of…
